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Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency, on August 11, 2013 near Bad Aibling, Germany. The German government recently confirmed that the BND shares large amounts of its data with the NSA, and according to former NSA employee Edward Snowden, NSA operatives work at the Bad Aibling BND facility. The NSA surveillance scandal has become a hot political topic in Germany six weeks ahead of federal elections. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Radomes are seen on the former monitoring base of the U.S. intelligence organization National Security Agency (NSA) in Bad Aibling, near Rosenheim, southern Germany, on July 16, 2013. The restructuring of the American intelligence community after September 11, 2001 caused the closure of the station in Bad Aibling in 2004. CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images

Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency, on August 11, 2013 near Bad Aibling, Germany. The German government recently confirmed that the BND shares large amounts of its data with the NSA, and according to former NSA employee Edward Snowden, NSA operatives work at the Bad Aibling BND facility. The NSA surveillance scandal has become a hot political topic in Germany six weeks ahead of federal elections. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency, on August 11, 2013 near Bad Aibling, Germany. The German government recently confirmed that the BND shares large amounts of its data with the NSA, and according to former NSA employee Edward Snowden, NSA operatives work at the Bad Aibling BND facility. The NSA surveillance scandal has become a hot political topic in Germany six weeks ahead of federal elections. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency, on August 11, 2013 near Bad Aibling, Germany. The German government recently confirmed that the BND shares large amounts of its data with the NSA, and according to former NSA employee Edward Snowden, NSA operatives work at the Bad Aibling BND facility. The NSA surveillance scandal has become a hot political topic in Germany six weeks ahead of federal elections. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency, on August 11, 2013 near Bad Aibling, Germany. The German government recently confirmed that the BND shares large amounts of its data with the NSA, and according to former NSA employee Edward Snowden, NSA operatives work at the Bad Aibling BND facility. The NSA surveillance scandal has become a hot political topic in Germany six weeks ahead of federal elections. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency, on August 11, 2013 near Bad Aibling, Germany. The German government recently confirmed that the BND shares large amounts of its data with the NSA, and according to former NSA employee Edward Snowden, NSA operatives work at the Bad Aibling BND facility. The NSA surveillance scandal has become a hot political topic in Germany six weeks ahead of federal elections. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency, on August 11, 2013 near Bad Aibling, Germany. The German government recently confirmed that the BND shares large amounts of its data with the NSA, and according to former NSA employee Edward Snowden, NSA operatives work at the Bad Aibling BND facility. The NSA surveillance scandal has become a hot political topic in Germany six weeks ahead of federal elections. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Radomes are seen on the former monitoring base of the U.S. intelligence organization National Security Agency (NSA) in Bad Aibling, near Rosenheim, southern Germany, on July 16, 2013. The restructuring of the American intelligence community after September 11, 2001 caused the closure of the station in Bad Aibling in 2004. CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images

Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency, on August 11, 2013 near Bad Aibling, Germany. The German government recently confirmed that the BND shares large amounts of its data with the NSA, and according to former NSA employee Edward Snowden, NSA operatives work at the Bad Aibling BND facility. The NSA surveillance scandal has become a hot political topic in Germany six weeks ahead of federal elections. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Radomes that contain radar antennas stand at an operating facility of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency, on August 11, 2013 near Bad Aibling, Germany. The German government recently confirmed that the BND shares large amounts of its data with the NSA, and according to former NSA employee Edward Snowden, NSA operatives work at the Bad Aibling BND facility. The NSA surveillance scandal has become a hot political topic in Germany six weeks ahead of federal elections. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

The former monitoring base of the U.S. intelligence organization National Security Agency (NSA) in Bad Aibling, near Munich, southern Germany, that was closed in 2004. The German government has canceled a Cold War-era surveillance pact with the United States and Britain following concerns about their alleged electronic eavesdropping in Germany. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Friday, Aug, 2, 2013 that ending the agreement was "a necessary and proper consequence of the recent debate about protecting personal privacy." A government official says the move is largely symbolic and has no practical consequences for intelligence cooperation. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Photos: Former NSA monitoring base near Munich, Germany

Photos of a former monitoring base of the U.S. intelligence organization National Security Agency (NSA) in Bad Aibling, near Munich, southern Germany, that was closed in 2004. The German government recently confirmed that the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, the main German foreign intelligence gathering agency, shares large amounts of its data with the NSA, and according to former NSA employee Edward Snowden, NSA operatives work at the Bad Aibling BND facility. The NSA surveillance scandal has become a hot political topic in Germany six weeks ahead of federal elections.
The German government has canceled a Cold War-era surveillance pact with the United States and Britain following concerns about their alleged electronic eavesdropping in Germany. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said ending the agreement was "a necessary and proper consequence of the recent debate about protecting personal privacy." A government official says the move is largely symbolic and has no practical consequences for intelligence cooperation.